Dubitatio and exemplum in Valerius Maximus: the operation of exemplarity and memory in Rome

  • Alicia Schniebs Universidad de Buenos Aires

Keywords:

Valerius Maximus, dubitatio, memory, exemplarity, Tiberius

Abstract

The work of Valerius Maximus enrolls in the political, socio-cultural and symbolic transformations of the advent of the Principate. We study the features and functions of dubitatio, one of the most idiosyncratic rhetorical figures of this author’s style, as a textual markings which allows recover the position of the speaker as an agent of the exemplary discourse and memory, main focus of the text and of a context in which the elite is forced to redefine their identity and their role in the political scene.

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Published

2018-03-14